Titanic: ship that tried to save passengers found more than a century after the sinking

More than a century after its sinking, the SS Mesaba, the ship that tried to help the Titanic, was found by researchers from Bangor University in Wales.

The ship was found in an area of ​​19,400 m² on the bottom of the Irish Sea. The delay in the discovery of the Mesaba is due to the fact that, in the area, there are the wrecks of another 273 ships.

And it was thanks to 21st century technology that scientists succeeded in their research. A state-of-the-art multibeam sonar equipped on the Prince Mardog research vessel was able to find Mesaba.

“Before, we could only dive a few locations a year to visually identify the wreck,” said Innes McCartney, an archaeologist and historian at Bangor University, in a report published by the same educational institution.

Now, Prince Madog’s sonar capabilities have provided a relatively inexpensive way to examine the wreck, McCartney said. “We can connect historical information without physical interactions, often costly, in any place.”

Chronology

Both the Titanic and the Mesaba were sailing in the Atlantic Ocean in April 1912. During her maiden voyage, the mega-ship – defined as “unsinkable” by its designers – received a message from the commander of the Mesaba sent to Captain Edward Smith, warning him of the presence. of icebergs in the Region.

The Titanic, however, was hit by an iceberg and sank between April 14 and 15, taking with it more than 1,500 passengers and crew.

The Mesaba, in turn, continued to operate for another six years, until it was sunk by a German submarine at the end of World War I in 1918. At least 20 crew members died.

with information from Gizmodo And Bangor University

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